From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 27 21:48:59 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6753F106564A for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:48:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E03988FC15 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:48:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from park.js.berklix.net (p5B22E8B1.dip.t-dialin.net [91.34.232.177]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p0RLmpTc003537; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:48:53 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by park.js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p0RLmkCs018646; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:48:46 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p0RLmcfW060164; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:48:43 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <201101272148.p0RLmcfW060164@fire.js.berklix.net> To: Fred From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://www.berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultancy, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://www.berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://www.berklix.com In-reply-to: Your message "Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:48:22 MST." <4D41BDF6.5080904@blakemfg.com> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:48:38 +0100 Sender: jhs@berklix.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wine questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:48:59 -0000 Fred wrote: > Hello, > > I need to buy an expensive logic device programmer that connects to a PC > through USB. Unfortunately, the user software that make it go only runs > on Bill Gates' cancerous, virus-infested, scourge of the Earth excuse > for an OS which I do not use. Is it likely to work ok using wine? What > type of programs do not work well with wine? There is a supported, > commercial version of wine that runs on Linux. Would I be better off > buying that and running it on the FBSD Linux emulation? > > Best regards, > Fred FreeBSD has a special list for this topic: http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation PS main issue might be USB support within emulators from what I've read. ALL, Note FreeBSD has Lots of lists: http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo Questions@ is/was for general simple beginners questions IMO, some traffic here belongs on other more advanced lists. Decide yourself, browse the list above, click a few & read list remits. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Mail plain text; Not quoted-printable, Not HTML, Not base 64. Reply below text sections not at top, to avoid breaking cumulative context.